After my shower, I wrap my hair with a highly-absorbent microfiber towel like the Aquis ($18; hello, awesomeness) for 15-20 minutes. Then, I remove the Aquis, which has sucked out most of the excess water, and air dry until bed.

With my hair conditioned, I put it in a loose French braid; the thicker the pieces in the braid, the bigger the waves the next morning. I secure the end of the braid with a ponytail elastic band (I like these summery, bright bands from Bumble & Bumble’s Bandball, $20), and then I hit the haaaaay.

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I’m a beach waves fanatic… I just do it because I don’t like to dry my hair in the summer… for me it’s just a little fekkai glossing cream after I wash my hair and a few scrunches. If I want to amp it up a bit I twist my hair back in a bun and spray it a little and then let it dry. If it weren’t so cold in Pittsburgh, I’d rock this air-dried look all year round.

If I want beachy waves, I go to bed with wet hair (using my normal products beforehand), and then actually have to use a straightening iron on a low setting to loosen my curls. Opposite approach, I know!
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after shampoo + conditioner… i put a little federic fekkai glossing cream or fizz ease serum in my hair, let air dry partially, then mist with some sunsilk waves of envy + federic fekkai glossing spray. after that i twist in a bun or french braid it. the bun i secure with a large clip (octopus clip or a lorgnette) so that the ends are not all crunched up. i let dry completely, and voila! beach waves!
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My hair is too short to be beachy…but when ever I twist my hair into a big bun and pin it up with a stick, I tend to get big waves on my just below collar bone hair… (which makes me look like lion king)

If i could achieve that look..i would do them.. but my hair is so straight and stubborn! Your hair however makes me want to cry with jealousy! Thats how i want my hair to be 100% of the time!
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I actually have wavy hair to begin with, but to keep that wave, after showering I scrunch my hair to get extra moisture out, and then spray “Waves of Envy” by Sunsilk (smells gooooooood) and then let it air dry! Or if I take a shower at night, I just sleep in it to intensify the wave action.

Beachy waves are lovely.. except when you’re permanently stuck with them. Unfortunately for me, my hair is a wavy mess- even after straightening it like mad, the best I can usually get are the beach type waves.. which were cute at first.. but every single day I look like I’ve been sitting on my butt in the sand. My hair does this really weird thing where after straightening, etc it’s perfectly in place but as the day goes on, it naturally goes back to waves. I wish it would stop :-\
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i love beach waves. i typically don’t spend much time on my hair, but when i make any effort, it’s always toward waviness. i apply kevin murphy’s motion lotion when my hair is still fairly damp, then bumble and bumble surf spray at the nearly dry point. and if i’m really ambitious, then i use kevin murphy’s hair resort instead of the surf spray. let me tell you, hair resort is the essence of waviness put into a bottle!

Every time I read something about ‘beachy waves’, I remember my all-time favorite and freakin’ DISCONTINUED hair product, John Freida’s Beach Blonde Ocean Waves spray. Then I shed a tear over its demise.

I do the braid trick, too, (and my hair is naturally wavy) but I don’t put any prodcut in it before hand. I’ve been using Sunsilk’s Waves of Envy gel/cream in my hair when I wake up (my hair is usually damn when I wake up because it takes forever to dry due to its thickness) and Garnier’s wave spray (Wonder Waves? I might just be making up that name!). I also put a little bit of coconut oil on the ends (The Body Shop makes this awesome hair balm in a tin) for a beachy scent.

Oh, your hair looks so lovely in that picture! I’ve been having the worst time taming my locks lately! I am crazy-excited to try the Living Proof shampoo/conditioner duo!! Plus, I really have to learn how to do a french braid, any tips? Wanna do a video tut on it (hint hint)?

I absolutely LOVE this look but my hair is naturally straight and would never hold a curl properly.

I bought a hairdryer recently, the Remington Spin Curl, which has an attachment which you kind of stick a section of hair in and it curls it as it dries it. Its like a tube and the air creates a vortex and I don’t know how it does it, but it makes those waves last a stupidly long time.

Ha, I wrote about this a while back. My secret is really simple, you won’t believe it: I tie it in a bun and let it stay there until I’m ready to go. Gisele’s hair all the time! If I’m in the mood, I’d sleek a dollop of hair gel before blow drying. My hair is stick straight so I really appreciate the waves
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alas! you’ve answered my cries for beach wave hair! i’ve been doing the french braid thing but always came out with small crimpy hair. ew. But now that iknow to do it in bigger chunks i think it’ll work. THANKS MUCHOS!

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